12 November, 2009, 01:53:55 AM

Please excuse my ignorance on this question, but I just started using FoobarIt is version 9.69, on Windows Vista 64.90% of my audio files are stored in either FLAC or Ogg Vorbis format.

In the library, I need to use the "type" field or the file exstention to show what type of audio file format I have.I will tend to do backups, where I store both FLAC and Ogg format in the same subfolder. My PC folder structure goes like this:

My Music

Artist

Album

Track number - Name.ext

It works out very well for me, as I can sort them by type.I also have altered the display of the type, as I have a little custom icon that shows differently, depending on the audio file or format type.

I have a COWON D2, portable media player (MP3 Player), which natively has decoders for both FLAC and Ogg Vorbis. So about 90% of my audio stored is either in FLAC or Ogg Vorbis format.There are some times, with some audio books or some audio documentaries (particularly BBC documentaries), that the files will be in MP3 format.

On my COWON, I usually copy Ogg Vorbis formatted audio to it to listen.When I am using my PC or Notebook, I will play the FLAC format. The FLAC is also what I consider my "archive format", as I encode to FLAC, in the form that is most identical to the original source, meaning, no reply gain or any other type of audio modifier.

I hope you understand that when I want to play something using Foobar , I need to access the file type (type or ext).In the help, I do not see how I can access a field (I tried entering "type" as a field), and it did not take.

I also use J River's Media Center and have for many years, and "type", is a very accessible field that I can access and use how I want. Can you help me with this and let me know how I can grab that field to allow me to easily select, sort, display and search on this file type field ??